On Cinema 2012
- Status
- Returning Series
- First Aired
- December 4, 2012
- Last Aired
- December 3, 2025
- Format
- 16 seasons · 167 eps
- Highest Rated Episode
- S15E10 "’84 Charing Cross Road’" (★ 10/10)
- Created By
- Gregg Turkington, Tim Heidecker
- Networks
- HEI Network, AdultSwim.com, Thing X
What is On Cinema?
On Cinema is a television series that premiered in 2012 and features Tim Heidecker reviewing the latest movies currently in theaters alongside a special guest. The program, which has continued through 2025, stars Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington, and Mark Proksch.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2012
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 167
- First aired
- Dec 4, 2012
- Last aired
- Dec 3, 2025
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- HEI Network, AdultSwim.com, Thing X
- Genres
- Comedy
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 8.4/10 from 27 votes
- Format
- 16 seasons · 167 episodes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Networks
- HEI Network, AdultSwim.com, Thing X
How long to binge?
Estimate the schedule using 167 episodes and an average 45-minute runtime.
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Overview
On Cinema is a television series that premiered in 2012 and features Tim Heidecker reviewing the latest movies currently in theaters alongside a special guest. The program, which has continued through 2025, stars Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington, and Mark Proksch. The series is directed by Eric Notarnicola. Throughout its run, the show has produced multiple seasons, with episode entries such as the season thirteen installment covering the films M3GAN and The Amazing Maurice. The series is available for viewers to watch through various digital platforms. While the show focuses on the analysis of cinema, it remains distinct from real-world movie theater chains and commercial cinema listings found in locations like Abu Dhabi, such as Grand Safeer Cinema or VOX Cinemas, which provide ticketing and showtime information for public screenings. As an ongoing production, On Cinema maintains a consistent format of critical discussion and guest appearances centered on the theatrical film industry.
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“Tim Heidecker provides film reviews alongside a special guest in this series.”
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Watch it if you enjoy satirical takes on film criticism.
The series features a dry and satirical tone throughout its episodes.
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Season 1 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 'The Man with the Iron Fists' and 'Flight' Mytharc Dec 4, 2012
- E2 'Twilight: Part Two' and 'Anna Karenina' Mytharc Dec 4, 2012
- E3 'The Frozen Ground' and 'Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning' Mytharc Dec 4, 2012
- E4 'Red Dawn' and 'Life of Pi' Core Dec 4, 2012
- E5 'Skyfall' and 'Lincoln' Core Dec 4, 2012
- E6 'Playing for Keeps' and 'Hyde Park on Hudson' Core Dec 7, 2012
- E7 'The Hobbit' and 'Les Misérables' Core Dec 13, 2012
- E8 'Zero Dark Thirty' and 'Monsters, Inc. 3D' Core Dec 21, 2012
- E9 'Jack Reacher' and 'Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away' Mytharc Dec 21, 2012
- E10 'Parental Guidance' and 'Django Unchained' Mytharc Jan 11, 2013
Season 2 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 'Side Effects' and 'Identity Thief' Mytharc Feb 7, 2013
- E2 'A Good Day to Die Hard' and 'Escape from Planet Earth' Core Feb 14, 2013
- E3 'Snitch' and 'Dark Skies' Core Feb 21, 2013
- E4 '21 and Over' and 'Jack the Giant Slayer' Core Feb 28, 2013
- E5 'Oz the Great and Powerful' and 'Dead Man Down' Core Mar 7, 2013
- E6 'Carrie' and 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' Core Mar 14, 2013
- E7 'The Croods' Core Mar 21, 2013
- E8 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' & 'Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor' Core Mar 28, 2013
- E9 'The Company You Keep' and 'Jurassic Park 3D' Mytharc Apr 4, 2013
- E10 'Oblivion' and 'Scary Movie 5' Mytharc Apr 11, 2013
Season 3 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 'The Lone Ranger' and 'Despicable Me 2' Mytharc Jul 7, 2013
- E2 'Grown Ups 2' and 'Pacific Rim' Core Jul 14, 2013
- E3 'Turbo' and 'Red 2' Core Jul 17, 2013
- E4 'The Wolverine' and 'Blue Jasmine' Core Jul 24, 2013
- E5 'The Smurfs 2' and '300: Rise of an Empire' Mytharc Jul 31, 2013
- E6 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' and 'Elysium' Core Aug 7, 2013
- E7 'Kick-Ass 2' Core Aug 14, 2013
- E8 'The World's End' and 'The Colony' Core Aug 21, 2013
- E9 'One Direction: This Is Us' and 'The Getaway' Mytharc Aug 28, 2013
- E10 'Riddick' Mytharc Sep 4, 2013
Season 4 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 'Lone Survivor' and 'Her' Mytharc Jan 8, 2014
- E2 'The Nut Job' and 'Ride Along' Core Jan 15, 2014
- E3 'I, Frankenstein' and 'Gimme Shelter' Core Jan 22, 2014
- E4 On Alternative Medicine On Cinema Core Jan 29, 2014
- E5 'The Lego Movie' and 'Robocop' Core Feb 5, 2014
- E6 'The Girl On a Bicycle' and 'Endless Love' Core Feb 12, 2014
- E7 'Pompeii' Core Feb 19, 2014
- E8 'Welcome to Yesterday' (aka 'Almanac') and 'Non-Stop' Core Feb 26, 2014
- E9 'Need for Speed' and 'Walk of Shame' Mytharc Mar 5, 2014
- E10 'Muppets Most Wanted' Mytharc Mar 12, 2014
Season 5 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 'Deliver Us From Evil' and 'Tammy' Mytharc Jul 2, 2014
- E2 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' and 'And So It Goes' Core Jul 9, 2014
- E3 'Jupiter Ascending' and 'Planes: Fire and Rescue' Core Jul 16, 2014
- E4 'Wish I Was Here,' 'Hercules' and 'Magic in the Moonlight' Core Jul 23, 2014
- E5 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and 'Get On Up' Core Jul 30, 2014
- E6 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' and 'Into the Storm' Core Aug 6, 2014
- E7 'Let's Be Cops' and 'The Expendables 3' Core Aug 13, 2014
- E8 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' Core Aug 20, 2014
- E9 'The November Man' and 'Jessabelle' Mytharc Aug 27, 2014
- E10 'Dark Places' and 'The Green Inferno' Mytharc Sep 3, 2014
Season 6 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 'Jupiter Ascending' and 'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water' Mytharc Feb 4, 2015
- E2 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' Core Feb 11, 2015
- E3 'Hot Tub Time Machine 2' and 'McFarland USA' Core Feb 18, 2015
- E4 'Focus' and 'Lazarus' Core Feb 25, 2015
- E5 'Chappie' and 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Core Mar 4, 2015
- E6 'In the Heart of the Sea' and 'Cinderella' Core Mar 11, 2015
- E7 'The Divergent Series: Insurgent' and 'The Gunman' Core Mar 18, 2015
- E8 'Get Hard' and 'Home' Core Mar 25, 2015
- E9 'Furious 7' and 'Woman in Gold' Mytharc Apr 1, 2015
- E10 'Ex Machina' and 'The Moon and the Sun' Mytharc Apr 8, 2015
Season 7 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 'Ant Man' and 'Fantastic Four' Mytharc Sep 9, 2015
- E2 'Black Mass' and 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' Core Sep 16, 2015
- E3 'The Intern' and 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Core Sep 23, 2015
- E4 'The Martian' and 'Sicario' Core Sep 30, 2015
- E5 'Pan' and 'Steve Jobs' Core Oct 7, 2015
- E6 'Goosebumps' and 'Bridge of Spies' Core Oct 14, 2015
- E7 'Jem and the Holograms' and 'Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimensions' Core Oct 21, 2015
- E8 'Autobahn' and 'Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse' Core Oct 28, 2015
- E9 'Spectre' and 'The Peanuts Movie' Mytharc Nov 4, 2015
- E10 'Rings' and 'By the Sea' Mytharc Nov 11, 2015
Season 8 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 'Star Trek Beyond' and 'Hillary's America' Mytharc Jul 27, 2016
- E2 'Café Society' and 'Jason Bourne' Core Aug 3, 2016
- E3 'Suicide Squad' and 'Nine Lives' Core Aug 10, 2016
- E4 'Sausage Party' and 'Pete's Dragon' Core Aug 17, 2016
- E5 'Ben-Hur' and 'Kubo and the Two Strings' Core Aug 24, 2016
- E6 'Hands of Stone' and 'Mechanic: Resurrection' Mytharc Aug 31, 2016
- E7 'Solace' and 'The Light Between Oceans' Core Sep 7, 2016
- E8 'Sully' and 'When the Bough Breaks' Core Sep 14, 2016
- E9 'Snowden' and 'Bridget Jones's Baby' Mytharc Sep 21, 2016
- E10 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'Storks' Mytharc Sep 28, 2016
Season 9 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 'Kong: Skull Island' and 'The Wall' Mytharc Mar 13, 2017
- E2 'T2 Trainspotting' and 'The Belko Experiment' Core Mar 20, 2017
- E3 'CHiPs' and 'Power Rangers' Core Mar 27, 2017
- E4 'Boss Baby' and 'The Zookeeper's Wife' Core Apr 3, 2017
- E5 'Smurfs: The Lost Village' and 'The Case For Christ' Core Apr 10, 2017
- E6 'Fast and Furious 8' & 'The Lost City of Z' Core Apr 17, 2017
- E7 'Unforgettable', 'Animal Crackers' & 'Born in China' Core Apr 24, 2017
- E8 'The Circle' & 'How to Be a Latin Lover' Core May 1, 2017
- E9 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' & 'The Lovers' Mytharc May 8, 2017
- E10 'King Arthur' & 'Snatched' Mytharc May 15, 2017
Season 10 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 'Pacific Rim Uprising' & 'Sherlock Gnomes' Mytharc Mar 22, 2018
- E2 'Ready Player One' & 'Tyler Perry's Acrimony' Core Mar 29, 2018
- E3 'Chappaquiddick' & 'You Were Never Really Here' Core Apr 5, 2018
- E4 'Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero', 'Overboard' Core Apr 12, 2018
- E5 'Rampage', 'Super Troopers 2' Core Apr 19, 2018
- E6 'Traffik' Core Apr 26, 2018
- E7 'Avengers: Infinity War' Core May 10, 2018
- E8 'Life of the Party' & 'Breaking In' Core May 17, 2018
- E9 'Deadpool 2' & ' Show Dogs' Core May 17, 2018
- E10 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Mytharc May 31, 2018
- E11 The New On Cinema Oscar Special Mytharc Feb 24, 2019
Season 11 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 'Abominable' & 'Judy' Mytharc Sep 25, 2019
- E2 'Joker' & 'The Current War' Core Oct 2, 2019
- E3 'Gemini Man' & 'The Addams Family' Core Oct 9, 2019
- E4 'Mister America' & 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' Core Oct 16, 2019
- E5 'Black and Blue' & 'The Last Full Measure' Core Oct 23, 2019
- E6 'Terminator: Dark Fate' & 'Motherless Brooklyn' Core Oct 30, 2019
- E7 'Midway' & 'Arctic Dogs' Core Nov 6, 2019
- E8 'Charlie's Angels' & 'The Report' Core Nov 13, 2019
- E9 'Frozen 2' & '21 Bridges' Core Nov 20, 2019
- E10 'Knives Out' & 'Queen & Slim' Mytharc Nov 27, 2019
- E11 7th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special Mytharc Feb 9, 2020
Season 12 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 ‘Mass’ & ‘No Time To Die’ Mytharc Oct 6, 2021
- E2 ‘Halloween Kills’ & ‘The Last Duel’ Core Oct 13, 2021
- E3 ‘Dune’ & ‘The French Dispatch’ Core Oct 20, 2021
- E4 ‘Last Night in Soho’ & ‘Antlers’ Core Oct 27, 2021
- E5 ‘The Harder They Fall’ & ‘Eternals’ Mytharc Nov 3, 2021
- E6 'Red Notice' & 'Ghostbusters Afterlife' Core Nov 10, 2021
- E7 ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ & ‘King Richard’ Core Nov 17, 2021
- E8 'House of Gucci' & 'Resident Evil Welcome to Raccoon City' Core Nov 24, 2021
- E9 'Nightmare Alley' Mytharc Dec 1, 2021
- E10 'American Underdog' Mytharc Dec 8, 2021
Season 13 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 ‘Prey for the Devil’ Mytharc Oct 26, 2022
- E2 ‘My Policeman’ & ‘Enola Holmes 2’ Core Nov 2, 2022
- E3 ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ & ‘The Fabelmans’ Core Nov 9, 2022
- E4 ‘The Menu’ & ‘The Santa Clauses’ Core Nov 16, 2022
- E5 'Devotion' & 'Strange World' Core Nov 23, 2022
- E6 ‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’ & ‘Violent Night’ Core Nov 30, 2022
- E7 'Pinocchio' & 'Something from Tiffany's' Core Dec 7, 2022
- E8 'A Man Called Otto' & 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Core Dec 14, 2022
- E9 On Cinema And More In The Morning Christmas Special Filler Dec 21, 2022
- E10 'Alice, Darling' Core Dec 28, 2022
- E11 'M3GAN' & 'The Amazing Maurice' Mytharc Jan 4, 2023
- E12 10th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special Mytharc Mar 12, 2023
Season 14 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 14 guide & lore primer →- E1 ‘Night Swim’ & ‘Weak Layers’ Mytharc Jan 3, 2024
- E2 'The Book of Clarence’ & ‘Mean Girls' Core Jan 10, 2024
- E3 ‘Founders Day’ & ‘I.S.S.’ Core Jan 17, 2024
- E4 'Sometimes I Think About Dying' & 'The Underdoggs' Core Jan 24, 2024
- E5 'Argylle' & 'The Promised Land' Core Jan 30, 2024
- E6 ‘It Ends With Us’ Core Feb 7, 2024
- E7 'Madame Web’ & ‘Bob Marley: One Love' Core Feb 14, 2024
- E8 ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Core Feb 21, 2024
- E9 ‘Dune: Part Two’ Mytharc Feb 28, 2024
- E10 ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ & ‘Imaginary’ Mytharc Mar 6, 2024
Season 15 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 15 guide & lore primer →- E1 ’Babygirl’ & ’Nosferatu’ Mytharc Dec 25, 2024
- E2 ’The Damned’ & ’Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Core Jan 1, 2025
- E3 ’Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ & ’Better Man’ Core Jan 8, 2025
- E4 ’One of Them Days’ & ’Wolf Man’ Core Jan 15, 2025
- E5 ’Flight Risk’ & ’Inheritance’ Core Jan 22, 2025
- E6 ’Valiant One’ & ’Dog Man’ Core Jan 29, 2025
- E7 ’Love Hurts’ & ’Heart Eyes’ Core Feb 5, 2025
- E8 ’Captain America: Brave New World’ & ’Paddington in Peru’ Core Feb 12, 2025
- E9 ’The Gorge’ & ’The Monkey’ Mytharc Feb 19, 2025
- E10 ’84 Charing Cross Road’ Mytharc Feb 26, 2025
Season 16 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 16 guide & lore primer →- E1 ‘The Strangers: Chapter 2’ and ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie’ Mytharc Oct 1, 2025
- E2 ’Roofman’ and ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Core Oct 8, 2025
- E3 ‘Black Phone 2’ and ‘Blue Moon’ Core Oct 15, 2025
- E4 ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’, ‘Regretting You’, and ‘The Watchers’ Core Oct 22, 2025
- E5 'Bugonia' & 'Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc' Core Oct 29, 2025
- E6 ‘The Running Man’ and ‘Predator: Badlands’ Filler Nov 5, 2025
- E7 'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' and 'Jay Kelly' Core Nov 12, 2025
- E8 'Wicked: For Good' Core Nov 19, 2025
- E9 Celebrating the Life of Gabriel “G” Amato Mytharc Nov 26, 2025
- E10 ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Ella McCay’ Mytharc Dec 3, 2025
Frequently asked questions
What is the show about?
The series features Tim Heidecker reviewing current theatrical film releases.
Who appears on the show?
Tim Heidecker is joined by a special guest in each episode.
What is the format?
The program follows a structured format centered on movie reviews.
Is this a serious review show?
The show presents a satirical take on the traditional film review genre.
How are the movies selected?
The reviews focus on the latest films currently playing in theaters.
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